A New Energy Grid
“ एक नया ऊर्जा स्तोत्र स्थल “ जोनाथन हैरिस के द्वाराकुछ साल पहले एक समारोह में, मुझे एक ज़बरदस्त प्रभावशाली शिक्षा मिली। मुझे कुछ ऐसी चीज़ों के बारे में सोचने के लिए कहा गया था जिनके लिए मैं आभारी महसूस करता हूँ। बहुत सारे लोग, वस्तुएँ और परिस्थितियाँ तुरंत मेरे दिमाग में आ गईं।वास्तव में, मुझे कृतज्ञता की भावना को अपनाने के लिए आमंत्रित किया गया था, ताकि मैं इसके विशेष गुणों को बेहतर ढंग से समझ सकूँ और यह कि किस तरह से इसने मेरे पूरे अस्तित्व को प्रभावित किया है। फिर, मुझे कृतज्ञता की अंतर्निहित भावना को बनाए रखते हुए कृतज्ञता के प्रयोजन (उद्देश्य, लक्ष्य ) का त्याग करने के लिए कहा गया। उसके बाद जो बचा वह कृतज्ञता का शुद्धतम रूप था यानि उद्देश्य रहित कृतज्ञता की भावना - , "कृतज्ञता" की ही मूल आदर्श रुपी ऊर्जा ।
मुझे विश्वास हो गया है कि ये सभी चीजें ऐसी ही हैं। हम आदर्श रुपी मूल ऊर्जाओं के एक समुद्र में तैर रहे हैं जो बाहरी घटनाओं की दुनिया का निर्माण करने के लिए एक दूसरे के साथ बातचीत करती हैं, ठीक उसी तरह जैसे एक तंत्रिकाओं (nerve ) का समूह किसी अनुबोध/ संकेत के जवाब में एक काल्पनिक छवि प्रदान करता है । हमें ऐसा लगता है कि ये बाहरी वस्तुएँ हमारी आंतरिक भावनाओं का कारण बनती हैं ( यह मनुष्य मुझे पागल बनाता है, यह कि सूर्यास्त मुझे ख़ुशी देता है), लेकिन वास्तव में हमारी आतंरिक भावनाएं एक गहरी अंतर्निहित वास्तविकता की अभिव्यक्तियाँ हैं: जैसे कृतज्ञता, भय, आनंद, उदासी और प्रेम जैसी आदर्श शक्तियों का एक क्षेत्र , जो सभी जीव एक दूसरे के साथ मिलकर , प्रत्येक जीवित अनुभव की इन अदभुत विशेषताओं का निर्माण करते हैं।
ये आदर्श ऊर्जाएँ समय के साथ स्थानों में जमा होती हैं - जो कभी-कभी किसी स्थान की "अनुभूति" कहलाती हैं। किसी मठ में जाएँ, और आप शांति और प्रार्थना की ऊर्जा महसूस करेंगे। किसी पसंदीदा मधुशाला में जाएँ और आप मिलनसारिता और उत्सव की ऊर्जा महसूस करेंगे। किसी जेल में जाएँ, और आप संघर्ष और कसावट की ऊर्जा महसूस करेंगे। व्यवहार के पैटर्न अपने जैसे व्यवहरों के पैटर्न को ही आकर्षित करते हैं , इसलिए स्थानों में पहले से ही जो कुछ भी है, उससे भी अधिक तीव्रता से बनने का एक तरीका होता है, जो वास्तुकला, परिदृश्य, कानून और परंपरा जैसे असंख्य व्यावहारिक तरीकों से संहिताबद्ध होता है।
हम, किस तरह किसी जगह के “ भार “ को ऊपर की ओर बदल सकते हैं, ताकि वहाँ के परंपरागत ढांचों की निष्क्रियता को खंडित किया जा सके? हम वहाँ पर किस तरह एक नया “शक्ति स्तोत्र स्थल “ बना सकते हैं, जिससे कि वहाँ पर भविष्य में होने वाली घटनाओं को आकार दिया जा सके ? “ कृतज्ञता “ जैसे शब्द वास्तविकता में बस उन शक्ति की पोटलियों की ओर दिशा दिखाते हैं: जो समस्त संभावनाओं के विस्तार में समायी विशिस्ट आवृत्तियाँ हैं | भाषा तब एक औज़ार बन जाती है जिस से हम इन सबके मध्य छिपी शक्तियों का आह्वान कर सकते हैं , और उन्हीं भाषाओँ को जोड़ कर विशेष लेखनी से तैयार किये गए समूहों में एकत्रित कर सकते हैं , वो समूह जो कार्य करते हैं अन्तर राष्ट्रीय मानचित्रों द्वारा एक विशिस्ट भविष्य की दिशा दिखने मैं| जब हमारा मानचित्र एक समान होता है , हमारी सामूहिक वास्तविकता ज्यादा सामंजस्य पूर्ण बन जाती है |
चिंतन के लिए बीज प्रश्न : आप इस धारण को कैसा मानते हैं कि भाषा एक औज़ार है जिससे सबके मध्य छिपी शक्तियों का हम आह्वान कर सकते हैं ? क्या आप उस समय की एक निजी कहानी साझा कर सकते हैं जब आप अपने शब्दों में सम्मिलित शक्ति की ओर जागृत हो पाए हों? आप अपने जीवन के परंपरागत ढांचों की निष्क्रियता को खंडित करने में किस बात से मदद मिलती है ?
Jonathan Harris artist and technologist known for his work with data, story, and ritual. Excerpted from here.
SEED QUESTIONS FOR REFLECTION: How do you relate to the notion that language is a tool to invoke underlying energies? Can you share a personal story of a time you became aware of the energy behind your words? What helps you disrupt the inertia of inherited patterns in your life?
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16 Past Reflections
On Oct 30, 2024 JT & Anthony wrote :
From Anthony - Serving a life sentence in prison
A teaching from Ramana Maharshi that has always resonated with me is that anxiety is a creation of the mind our real nature is peace. What I have found is that once my mind becomes still in meditation I experience my true nature which is still, silent peace.
I have been in prison for many years the collective energy in here is definitely constrictive.
However, I have found that I am only affected by the collective energy when I am identified with whatever is going on in the mental/emotional realm. The language of peace is still silence. When I remember that underlying energy within my own being I can also sense it as the underlying energy of the chaos in my external environment.
Anthony
From JT - When this beautiful soul says, "many years" that means 22 years in prison. I appreciate his humility and I believe those 22 years are equivalent to PhD or higher in practicing patience, the power of "Let Go" and meditation, and wor... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 30, 2024 David wrote :
As a mediator I have become highly sensitive to the mood a simple change in even one word changes the experience. For example change might for must or even change a question mark for a period and the response is quite different. One tends to open and the the other to shut.
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On Oct 29, 2024 Cherylrose wrote :
Some years ago, I was a student of a Native American of Pueblo heritage. In his culture, the qualities the article spoke about were named principle ideas. There was a principle idea of “carrying” invoked by sitting in a chair. That was one example when the chair and seated person were picked up and carried by three men., while we chanted the word for chair. The idea there is a resonance to places because of the use and history makes perfect sense to me. Rupert Sheldrake called it morphic resonance.
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On Oct 29, 2024 Amita Dahiya wrote :
Thank you for this wonderful idea of creating energy grids.
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On Oct 29, 2024 stream wrote :
Where I AM From
Where I come from the alphabet is composed of 186 million stones
Which are never enough to spell out how we really feel.
I come from under but I also come from over and most of all come from within.
When my zygote formed there were genes from so many stars and water molecules
And the room was so overflowing with uncles and aunties
That we had to rent another planet for my reception.
I’m from a place where gravity is acknowledged but usually ignored.
We hear music so deep in our skin that we do not need to eat for years at a time.
The dance we create is a call to all the organisms to join our ebullient ecumenical colony.
The song I sing rings out like Himalayan bells punctuated by scat solos and throat chants
Taught in Kivas and caves that could express grief or the only other possibility.
This place that I am from would never care or even notice what you wear.
We love playing with our stones and arranging and rearranging them
So that the smell of their ... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 29, 2024 Munirah Maclean wrote :
Litanies of prayer and indigenous languages which echo communities are what come to me from this.
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On Oct 28, 2024 Mamta Nanda wrote :
The energy of the approaching new moon feels like a great time to embrace the inner energy grid that is unknown, surrender completely to not knowing, being in the dark, just like the moon. Hopefully this surrender allows a new mandala of infinite potential to start emerging gradually, in it's own time, within and around us.
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On Oct 28, 2024 Bidyut wrote :
It's a very insightful article. I also realized the power of energy and it's effect on me. Today is a good example I was really feeling down and out and lot of thoughts started swimming in my head as I got up in the morning. Unnecessary One. I kept bringing back my attention back to my breath. I walked on and on focusing on breath and surrounding. Then after breakfast I just decided to do a decisive action - Diwali , an Indian festival is on Thursday and I had to organize the area so I sort of took it up spoke to people planned and everything and during this whole process - in fact after the decision I could see a shift in energy. I am confident the whole day will be much better (1000 times :) than how it started. This is how the energy was shifted completely from a negative to positive vibe - in authors language.
Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for sharing.
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On Oct 27, 2024 David Doane wrote :
I like the statement "We are swimming through a sea of archetypal energies that interact with one another to produce the world of external phenomena..." Language is an external phenomena that comes out of and reflects an archetypal energy, and conversely language can invoke that underlying energy. For example, the word 'invoke' comes out of our energy and experience of calling on something, and the word 'invoke' stirs the vibe of invoking and brings out our invoking. I became aware of the energy behind words when I got into appreciating word etymology which reveals the energy in and and behind words. New experiences, especially surprises and disorder, and being open to such experiences shake my world in a minor or major way and throw a wrench into the inertia of inherited patterns in life and cause disruption that can be new learning and growth.
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On Oct 26, 2024 Jagdish P Dave wrote :
We all receive gifts or blessings from nature and from human beings. Everyday I get gifts from nature-the sunshine and the sunset, from the rainy clouds and from the mother earth. When I was born everyday I
got the milk from the breast of my mother that nouruished me.
Everynight she used to sing sweet lulabies. They still resonate with me in my heart though she passed away many years ago. She lives in my heart. My father taught me valuable lessons to know how to live spiritually. And I was blessed by many known and unkown people during my long life. I am grateful for their loving gifts. They will reside in my heart until I say goodbye to the world. How can I forget their blessings?
How do I express my gratitude for their blessings? I thank them from my heart for thier pricelss gifts. Such memories are precious and unforgettable. Sometimes I bow to them. Sometimes I express my feelings of gratitude in words but mostly silently. Sometimes I let my heart sing songs of gratitude. So... [View Full Comment]
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On Oct 26, 2024 Pankaj wrote :
This passage is a wonderful invitation to revisit a state of gratefulness that has no particular reason or cause in the outside world. So grateful for that!
As for places with a vibe, it reminds me of my recent visit to the Ramakrishna Mission in Mumbai earlier this year. My family used to visit it 50 years ago, when it was surrounded by natural park-like setting. Now it is a smallish compound that is home to a serene temple (albiet with melodious kirtans happening in the evening) and an ashrama surrounded by very tall apartments all around it. Of course, with the accompanying traffic from the dense community of people. Despite the obvious change in the experience of getting to it and the ambiance of it, I experienced a becalming effect that made me realize that it is still a sanctuary!
The ending of the passage made me think of the incantation "Aum" (often spelt as Om), which I recognize as an invitation to just BE in the Universe, void of anything that has a state -- the sound ... [View Full Comment]